Türkiye's TOKİ Land Programme: You Got the Plot; Now Build the House

İlk Evim Arsa ("My First Home – Land") is the land leg of Türkiye's large social housing campaign. Applications and eligibility lotteries were completed long ago; in 2026 the programme moved into plot-assignment lotteries, bank contracts and title-deed handovers; with a large wave of contracts signed in spring 2026.

That means thousands of families now hold a deed and ask the same question: how do I build on this plot, how fast, and at what cost? Official terms are published by TOKİ (toki.gov.tr); the programme facts below come from TOKİ's official Q&A document and may be updated over time.

There is no single nationwide delivery date. Handovers move in waves, province by province, through a fixed chain: zoning plan approval, then the plot-allocation draw, then the contract signing at Ziraat Bank, and finally title deed and site handover. One province may be receiving deeds while another is still waiting for its draw, so the honest answer to "when" depends on where your stage sits in that chain.

Check your own date through official channels rather than rumour: TOKİ publishes signing and handover announcements per province on toki.gov.tr, the e-Devlet portal shows the current stage of your application, and Ziraat Bank contacts rights holders directly when their contract slot opens. Remember that the one-year construction-start requirement begins at handover; a factory-built home that goes from contract to keys in about 3-4 weeks keeps you comfortably ahead of that clock.

Detached (müstakil) plots run roughly 350-500 m² and allow one house of up to 150 m² gross floor area. Payment is simple: 10% of the plot price at contract, instalments starting a year later, spread over 9 years, interest-free. Plots are delivered with electricity and water infrastructure completed and zoning plans in place; ready for the permit process.

The critical, under-discussed condition: a detached plot cannot be transferred as bare land. Transfer becomes possible only after construction starts within the first year and the core of the house is completed within the second; plus full payment. In other words, the programme expects you to build, and to build soon.

A conventional build can easily consume the first year in design, permits and site work. A factory-built home inverts the timeline: after permits, production and installation are measured in weeks; ifHaus standard models average 3-4 weeks from contract to turnkey, with factory production running parallel to foundation work.

Most of the ifHaus range sits comfortably under the 150 m² gross limit; 48 to 100 m² plans, single or two-storey. The larger villas (162 m² and up) exceed the detached-plot limit and are not suitable for it; we say that upfront so plans start right. Current prices are always live on the models page, and the wider system is covered on our prefab homes page.

One: zoning status and soil study. Two: architectural project and building permit; we prepare the technical documents during design. Three: factory production runs while the foundation is poured. Four: modules arrive, on-site assembly takes 3-5 days with no crane or heavy machinery, connections and handover a few more.

The permit follows the municipality's calendar; everything else is weeks. A family that received its plot this year can realistically move in the same year; the day-by-day record is in our three-week installation diary.